Dharshan Kumaran

54.1k citations
55 papers · 30.2k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

    • Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
    • Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning
    • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
    • Neural dynamics and brain function
    • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Papers in

    • Memory and Neural Mechanisms 33
    • Neural dynamics and brain function 15
    • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies 9
    • Memory Processes and Influences 8
    • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies 8
    • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics 4

Dharshan Kumaran

55 papers receiving 29.2k citations

Hit Papers

Prefrontal cortex as a meta-reinforcement learning system 2018 · 317 citations
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Peers

Dharshan Kumaran
Comparison fields: 5 of 221
  • Artificial Intelligence 12.0k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 6.4k
  • General Decision Sciences 604
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 4.8k
  • Automotive Engineering 2.0k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Dharshan Kumaran, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 202424
2
A general reinforcement learning algorithm that masters chess, shogi, and Go through self-play
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20181827
3 201886
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Prefrontal cortex as a meta-reinforcement learning system
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2018317
5 201721
6 201697
7 201628
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Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
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201517153
9 201513
10 201322
11 2012236
12 201272
13 2009150
14 2009118
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Patients with hippocampal amnesia cannot imagine new experiences
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2007965
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Using Imagination to Understand the Neural Basis of Episodic Memory
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2007543
17 2007148
18 200546
19 200490
20 200363

About Dharshan Kumaran

Dharshan Kumaran is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, General Decision Sciences, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience and Developmental and Educational Psychology, having authored 55 papers that have together received 30.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (33 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (15 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (9 papers), Memory Processes and Influences (8 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (8 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (7 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Artificial Intelligence (12.0k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (6.4k citations), General Decision Sciences (604 citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (4.8k citations) and Automotive Engineering (2.0k citations). Dharshan Kumaran has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Demis Hassabis, Andrei A. Rusu, Joel Veness, Ioannis Antonoglou, David Silver, Eleanor A. Maguire, Koray Kavukcuoglu, Charles Beattie, Martin Riedmiller and Georg Ostrovski. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Neuron, Hippocampus, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

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